I have always like a kind of healthy hippie kitchen arrangement with lots of seeds ,grains beans, and other food stuffs in little jars all over the place and fruit ripening here and there.
Maybe some live herbs to pinch off, a braid of garlic nailed to the wall. Pot racks with stained pots hanging all over the place. Maybe a pan for some crepes still on the stove. Not too tidy at all but not dirty. Well a little dust here and there some smudges on the fridge is O.K. It would be a shame to sanitize a place like this. I bet the would have a vegetable garden outside.